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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Catherine Lough

End of BTECs could increase NHS vacancies, healthcare leaders warn

PA Wire

The Government has been warned by healthcare leaders that scrapping BTEC vocational qualifications could reduce the number of nurses.

Danny Mortimer, deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, has written to new Education Secretary James Cleverly to warn the NHS “cannot afford” to lose potential nurses because of a lack of training pathways.

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